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       #Post#: 4685--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Trolls, shitposting, irresponsible users, lazy admin, permis
       sive moderator
       By: KingSlayer Date: August 6, 2018, 3:48 pm
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       [quote author=Whateva link=topic=379.msg4682#msg4682
       date=1533587969]
       And I also bit your... head and you woke up screaming. You
       wanted a whole board for memes, if I remember correctly. So I
       made a thread for memes which is, how shall I put it, not very
       popular.
       But I like the idea of a board "for news and recent ongoing
       events in the world". We could do that. We sure have enough
       material for a whole board about the US internal and
       international affairs. I just don't have the brainpower to cut
       out and paste it.
       [/quote]
       Nope. Not true. I said I wanted a separate forum for photos,
       videos and memes. And I still think the idea of a thread for
       memes sucks. It just goes against the principal of memeing which
       is to allow people write their comments under the meme.
       I think the current categorization of the board is not efficient
       at all. We have too many forums. Many of them have been inactive
       for months.
       #Post#: 4686--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Trolls, shitposting, irresponsible users, lazy admin, permis
       sive moderator
       By: the lost minion Date: August 6, 2018, 3:49 pm
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       [quote author=SHL link=topic=379.msg4684#msg4684
       date=1533588266]
       Whateva:
       Yep. We have lots of US stuff because of Jerry and NealC
       insisting on coming after me and praising the US all the time.
       [/quote]
       Yes, I'm witnessing it right now, in this very thread. They just
       hound you, there is no way to put it mildly. I really admire
       your inner strength.
       #Post#: 4687--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Trolls, shitposting, irresponsible users, lazy admin, permis
       sive moderator
       By: NealC Date: August 6, 2018, 3:53 pm
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       SHL  you couldn't hold a plastic King in check, let alone win a
       logical argument.
       #Post#: 4688--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Trolls, shitposting, irresponsible users, lazy admin, permis
       sive moderator
       By: the lost minion Date: August 6, 2018, 3:54 pm
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       [quote author=KingSlayer link=topic=379.msg4685#msg4685
       date=1533588532]
       Nope. Not true. I said I wanted a separate forum for photos,
       videos and memes. And I still think the idea of a thread for
       memes sucks. It just goes against the principal of memeing which
       is to allow people write their comments under the meme.
       I think the current categorization of the board is not efficient
       at all. We have too many forums. Many of them have been inactive
       for months.
       [/quote]
       I don't think it's a problem of space - people here don't seem
       to be into the meme, ahem, culture. Photos and videos made by
       the users? Not very likely but we can always give it a shot if
       others think there is a chance they will use it.
       About the categories - this can be reviewed. The language
       learning section is pretty much dead - it could be reduced. I
       wouldn't delete it entirely however.
       #Post#: 4689--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Trolls, shitposting, irresponsible users, lazy admin, permis
       sive moderator
       By: Aliph Date: August 6, 2018, 4:00 pm
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       [quote author=Whateva link=topic=379.msg4688#msg4688
       date=1533588878]
       [quote author=KingSlayer link=topic=379.msg4685#msg4685
       date=1533588532]
       Nope. Not true. I said I wanted a separate forum for photos,
       videos and memes. And I still think the idea of a thread for
       memes sucks. It just goes against the principal of memeing which
       is to allow people write their comments under the meme.
       I think the current categorization of the board is not efficient
       at all. We have too many forums. Many of them have been inactive
       for months.
       [/quote]
       I don't think it's a problem of space - people here don't seem
       to be into the meme, ahem, culture. Photos and videos made by
       the users? Not very likely but we can always give it a shot if
       others think there is a chance they will use it.
       About the categories - this can be reviewed. The language
       learning section is pretty much dead - it could be reduced. I
       wouldn't delete it entirely however.
       [/quote]
       Oh please no “what is your favorite book, song” with no text and
       just a link. About the language section, we do not have people
       interested in correcting texts, so nobody writes any notebook
       entry.
       #Post#: 4690--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Trolls, shitposting, irresponsible users, lazy admin, permis
       sive moderator
       By: KingSlayer Date: August 6, 2018, 4:03 pm
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       [quote author=Whateva link=topic=379.msg4688#msg4688
       date=1533588878]
       I don't think it's a problem of space - people here don't seem
       to be into the meme, ahem, culture. Photos and videos made by
       the users? Not very likely but we can always give it a shot if
       others think there is a chance they will use it.
       About the categories - this can be reviewed. The language
       learning section is pretty much dead - it could be reduced. I
       wouldn't delete it entirely however.
       [/quote]
       Well, I'm sure Natalia would've been very interested in having a
       section for photos and videos. Also, I think we need to have a
       thread like Guide for Users, FAQ or something like that that
       gives clear instructions for users to use the features of EGP. I
       remember somebody earlier asked about how they could upload a
       photo on EGP.
       I think having just one section for Language Exchange should be
       enough. I also think that some users like Dan left here because
       they were interested in logical puzzles, brain teasers and
       science-related stuff but nobody showed interest in those
       topics.
       The main problem with here is that some people are too
       conservative in expressing themselves and their opinions. This
       is clearly not a language barrier. Rather a mentality, I would
       say.
       #Post#: 4692--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Trolls, shitposting, irresponsible users, lazy admin, permis
       sive moderator
       By: the lost minion Date: August 6, 2018, 4:08 pm
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       [quote author=Scicolone link=topic=379.msg4689#msg4689
       date=1533589247]
       Oh please no “what is your favorite book, song” with no text and
       just a link. About the language section, we do not have people
       interested in correcting texts, so nobody writes any notebook
       entry.
       [/quote]
       Yeah, and even if we had people interested in that, with so
       limited a number of users it would get embarrassing after some
       time - I mean how long can you ask the same person a favor that
       you can't return.
       #Post#: 4694--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Trolls, shitposting, irresponsible users, lazy admin, permis
       sive moderator
       By: the lost minion Date: August 6, 2018, 4:15 pm
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       [quote author=KingSlayer link=topic=379.msg4690#msg4690
       date=1533589435]
       Well, I'm sure Natalia would've been very interested in having a
       section for photos and videos. Also, I think we need to have a
       thread like Guide for Users, FAQ or something like that that
       gives clear instructions for users to use the features of EGP. I
       remember somebody earlier asked about how they could upload a
       photo on EGP.
       [/quote]
       Maybe, but we can't even upload anything anymore. This seems to
       be a serious obstacle. And we have a kind of a FACK
  HTML https://evengreener.createaforum.com/technical-problem-solving/<br
       />section.
       [quote]
       I think having just one section for Language Exchange should be
       enough. I also think that some users like Dan left here because
       they were interested in logical puzzles, brain teasers and
       science-related stuff but nobody showed interest in those
       topics.
       [/quote]
       Maybe, again, we can't make people show interest in something
       they are not interested in/don't want to comment on for whatever
       reason.
       [quote]
       The main problem with here is that some people are too
       conservative in expressing themselves and their opinions. This
       is clearly not a language barrier. Rather a mentality, I would
       say.
       [/quote]
       Yep. But again, what could you do about it - apart from, say,
       not biting their head off when they make a mistake or write
       something stupid in your informed opinion?
       #Post#: 4697--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Trolls, shitposting, irresponsible users, lazy admin, permis
       sive moderator
       By: SHL Date: August 6, 2018, 4:39 pm
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       @ Whateva
       Thanks for admiring my courage and inner strength.
       But, as you see, look at NealC`s behavior, saying I can`t hold a
       logical argument or hold a plastic King in check (whatever that
       means)? What´s a plastic King? Strange phrases.
       BUT, I was going to say, you know, I never listen to US news, or
       American politics or all those borning YouTube people talking
       endlessly about US politics. I can`t stand that stuff.  I get
       all my news from my German ZDF App, that I think broadcasts out
       of Mainz. And, even though there are discussions of just
       internal European politics, the US and Trump always ends up in
       some way having to get weaved into the discussion. Even on
       German news. You talk about tariffs, NATO, Putin, the Middle
       East, just about anything, and all you hear is the US this and
       the US that and about Trump. Trump is such an egomaniac and
       narcissist he loves all the attention he gets. He craves seeing
       stories about himself and seeing his picture everywhere. That`s
       why he tweets every day.  I wish we could just ignore him but we
       can`t if we get into politics in any depth. And we have to hear
       about his “wall” he`s building all the time (as if we needed it,
       what a joke). So, I´d suggest we talk about something
       interesting, like socialism, socialist theory. The history of
       socialism. Stuff like that, and just ignore Trump and hope the
       world survives another 2 and a half years until he`s voted out
       of office (which he will be, no question about that and then
       this nightmare will be over, or at least mitigated).
       #Post#: 4698--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Trolls, shitposting, irresponsible users, lazy admin, permis
       sive moderator
       By: SHL Date: August 6, 2018, 4:48 pm
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       And thank goodness there`s no language exchange requests! “Teach
       me English and I`ll teach you Urdu.” Gag. No thanks. And the
       secret date hunters (“Only pretty young women need answer this
       please...”)
       Then there are the grammar police (like Phil, “you have to put
       an “apostrophe here and not there according to Webster....and
       don`t forget the rule on splitting infinitives and phrasal
       nouns..” (I don`t even know what those things are half the
       time). And then there are the dummies who don`t even know
       English and say, “Ain`t is a very good contraction to use in
       everyday language.” Oh, please.
       So, yeah what passes off as okay chat on italki is not what we
       want here.
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